Film-retouching holder



D. E. STILES.

HLM RETUUCHING HOLDER.

APPL'CATION FILEDJULY 2|, i919. 1,352,037.

PatentedSpt. 7, 1920.

UlTE STATES DEWEY E. STILES, OF 'LGS ANGELES, CALFORNIA.

FILM-RETOUCHNG HGLDER.

Application led July 21,

To all whom 'it may Concern Be it known that l, DEWEY E. S'rrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Film-Retouching Holder, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention pertains to means whereby a photographic negative film is held while. the retoucher is working on the ilm, and an object of the invention is to provide a holder of this description in which the film can be readily placed and Jrom which the film can he quickly removed.

Another object is to so construct the holder that the metal parts thereof may be made from but two pieces of sheet metal.

Another object is to make provision for holding a film perfectly hat upon a flat surface so as to facilitate the retouching operation.

Another object is to provide a holder that is comparatively thin.

Other objects and advantages will appeal in the subjoined detailed description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a ragmental plan view of a modification of the invention.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the holder shown in Fig. l.

Fig. el is an enlarged sectional elevation on line indicated by .m4-fmt, Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional elevation on line indicated by @J5-m5, Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a reduced plan view of the slide detached.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail on line indicated by @0L-", Fig. l.

There is provided a frame indicated in general by the character 1, said frame comprising side members 2 and end members 3, 4:. The members 2, 3 are in the form of channels, and the member l is in the torni of an angle or L-shaped. inserted in the channels 2, 3 and resting on the L-shaped member 4 is a transparent panel 5 of glass or other suitable material capable of transmitting light rays, and it is to be noted that preferably the upstanding leg 6 ot the L- shaped member is narrower than the thickness o the transparent panel.

The film, to be retouched, is indicated at 7 and is adapted to lie on the upper face ot the Specification of Letters atent.

vPatented Sept. H3320.

1919. Serial. N0. 312,308.

panel 5 with three of its edges inserted in the channels 2, 3. Because of the upstanding leg 6 ot the L-shaped member being nar-- rower than the panel 5, the film will not rub on the upstanding leg while said ilm is being inserted endwise in the frame between the channels Q. This is very important for, il the lilm should rub on the edge of the upstanding leg G it would probably be more or less scratched and such scratches would cause impi-rtections in the prints which are subsequently made from the film.

lnscrtible endwise in the frame l is a slide S, the two side edges of the slide iitting in the channels and one end elige of 'the slide. titille? n the channel il. when the slide and ihn are in place t' in the trame, the film 7 .s interposed between the upper flanges of thechannels Q, 3 and the upper face of the transparent panel 5.

rlhe channels 2, 3 and L-shaped member in the instance shown, are ot integral construction. being bent from a single piece of material, and said material being so cut at the corners as to form miter joints 9 between the upper flanges of the channel members 2 and il. The slide S is provided with an opening lll so as to expose the lilni T through said opening, thus giving the retoucher access to the upper tace of the {ihn for performing the retouching operation thereon. (hie end ot the slide 8 is thickened or provided with an upstanding lip ll having beveled ends 'l2 adapted to engage the beveled ends i3 of the channel members 2 when the slide in place in the trame, so as to form miter joints between the lip a 11d frame.

rthe upper iiange of the channel 3 projects inwardly at its middle portion farther than the end portions of said l'lange as indicated at 14 so as to form a tongue. ln Fig. l the tongue Vl-l; is gradually reduced in width from the middle portion ot the meniber 3 toward the ends of said member, whereas in Fig. 2, the tongue bi merely occupies the middle portion ol" the incinber in practice, the i'ol lon's Assuming invention operates as Y that the panel 5 is in place in the traine and that the slide S is detached from the trame, a film, such as that indicated at 7, which is to he retouched is inserted at one end between the channelsI i2 adjacent the upstanding leg G. Then the thin end ot the slide 8 will be inserted above the film between said channels il. Then the Cyl ihn and slide will he grasped and held together and the slide will be moved endwise toward the tongue 14. W hen the inner end olI the slide reaches the tongue il, if said slide should engage said tongue because of flexing upwerdly of the slide or downwardly et' the upper flange of the ehannel 3, the operator will produce pressure on that pon tion of the slide which is adjacent the tongue so as to depress said portion of the slide below the plane et the projection lll, whereupon the slide may he pushed into the channel 3.

At his option the user of the holder may operate the same differently than above described. For example, if it he desired, the lilm may be fullir inserted in the frame l heiore the slide is inserted. However, hy inserting the slide and film together in the frame the necessary pressure lor fel-Qing the iihn into place in the traine is exerted en the slide end the lihn need not he toni-heil in. the ielnueher efdspiing slightliY :1t its edges, and there is no danger et creasing, seratrhing or otherwise injuring the l n1 while inserting it in the holder.

lt is naif-ted that, it were not for the tongue lll, the inner end oiI the slide might come into Contant for a i-.onsiderahle distanee with the inner edge of the upper llange of the Channel il, thus making it Very inroni'enient for the operator to depress the .slide suilieiently throughout the length oi the sont; te reihe lire renewing; e of the slide from engagement with said flange.

Alter the film hasheen thus placed in the holder` the retourher ma;v proceed with the retouehing operation Substantially the same as though he Tfrere retonehing upon a glass plate negative, the holder Vith the iiim 'in place being ver;v little thicker than such glass plate negative.

l t is understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of eonstruotion shown in the drawings and described above, but that the invention also includes sueh changes and modieations as lie Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A iilm-retouehing holder comprising a frame, light transmitting panel in the frame, and e slide having an opening and adapted to hold a tihn in place on the light transmitting panel, there being no obstrue tion to the passage of light rays through the frame.

2. A {ihn-retouehing holder comprising a trame having side channels and an end channel and having an end L-shaped meinher, light transmitting panel having its side edges inserted in the side channels and having one end edge inserted in the end channel and having its other end resting 0n the L-shaped member, the 'upright leg of the L-shaped niemher being narrower than the thickness el the light transmitting panel, :and a slide having an opening and insertible in the ehannels to hold a iilm in place on the light tinnsmitting panel.

3. A lilm-retouehing holder Comprising a l'rane having side channels and an end channel, a light transmitting panel having itLJ side edges inserted in the side channels and having one end edge inserted in the end channel, and n slide having an opening and insertihle in the Channels to hold a film in place on the light transmitting panel, there heing no obstruction to the passage of light rays through the 'ir-unie.

ai. A lilni-retonoliing holder comprising a faine having side ehaniiels and an end ehiinnel, :i` light transmitting panel having its side edges inserted in the side channels and having one end edge inserted in the end channel, and a slide having an opening and insertihle in the `channels to hold a lm in pleee on the light transmitting panel, the upper ilange of the end channel being provided near its middle With an inwardly eX- tendiug tongue.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this Hlth day of July, '1919.

DEWEY E. STILES.

Vilitnesses (inonon H. IliLEs, L. BELLE VnAvnR. 

